Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals Recent documents in bepress Journals en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:21:37 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/38 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/38 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:57:54 PST The Policy Studies Organization (PSO), the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) are pleased to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, Policy & Internet (www.policyandinternet.org) The first multi-disciplinary academic journal to investigate the policy implications of the Internet, Policy & Internet is extensive in scope, spanning multiple policy sectors and geographical regions. The journal is edited by Helen Z. Margetts of the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University.   "Every day, we see more interest in the policies of the Internet. Research centers and courses are proliferating," says Paul Rich, President of PSO. "This new journal from PSO and bepress will prove invaluable in navigating such a rapidly growing, global field." In the first issue of Policy & Internet, Helen Margetts examines the scope of the relationship between the Internet and public policy, J.P. Singh discusses the Internet and global governance, Barbie Clarke investigates children's use of social networking sites, and Stuart Shulman analyzes citizens' electronic policy interventions and how policy-makers deal with them. A Policy Perspective by Robert Hahn and Scott Wallsten analyses the U.S. national broadband plan and puts forward recommendations for policy development. "We are extremely pleased to be adding this timely new title to our Policy List," says bepress President Jean-Gabriel Bankier, underscoring that "The Internet is a dynamic landscape that deserves more scholarly attention." To read the first issue of Policy & Internet, please visit: http://www.policyandinternet.org. About the Policy Studies Organization The Policy Studies Organization is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization which furthers the research and dissemination of scholarship in policy. A related Society of the American, Midwest, Southern and International Political Sciences Associations, as well as the International Studies Association, PSO members include more than 3600 universities, institutions and individuals in more than 93 countries. From its headquarters in an historic house near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., once the home of the families of President James Garfield and the labor leader Samuel Gompers, the Society organizes conferences and seminars, and publishes a range of journals and books, to complement its increasing web presence. For more information, visit www.ipsonet.org About the Oxford Internet Institute The Oxford Internet Institute was founded as a department of the University of Oxford in 2001, as an academic center for the study of the societal implications of the Internet. The institute's research faculty, academic visitors and research associates are engaged in a variety of research projects covering social, economic, political, legal, industrial, technical and ethical issues of the Internet in everyday life, governance and democracy, science and learning and shaping the Internet. For more information, visit: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk About Berkeley Electronic Press Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press publishes peer-reviewed electronic journals and develops software for the next generation of scholarly publishing. The bepress journals collection, ResearchNow, redefines what scholarly journals can do, with fast, high-quality peer-reviewed titles at sustainable prices. The bepress open-access institutional repository platform, Digital Commons, is the world's leading hosted IR, featuring an innovative suite of publishing and software services that empowers scholarly communities to showcase and share their works for maximum impact. For more information, visit: www.bepress.com Irene Perciali News, Events, and Announcements http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/37 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/37 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:31:21 PST bepress and The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) are pleased to announce that the Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance will be publishing with Berkeley Electronic Press as of November 2009. "The Asia-Pacific region is exposed to major insurance and catastrophe risks, and as insurance markets develop rapidly in these countries - including world economic powers such as China and India - journal articles by both academics and practitioners focus on critical issues in life insurance, non-life insurance, pensions, and financial risk faced by governments, industry, and individuals," said Professor Michael Sherris, 2008-2009 President of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association. "We are extremely pleased and welcome this outstanding journal to our collection," said Gordon Tibbitts, CEO of bepress, "It is impossible not to see the value in studying risk management given the world's present social, political, economic and environmental challenges." Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance will launch with bepress on November 18th with a new issue featuring articles on the cost structure of Malaysian non-life insurance, the dynamic interactions between risk management, capital management, and financial management in the U.S. property/liability insurance industry, disability-based underwriting prohibitions and risk capital allocation. The journal is edited by Professor Michael R. Powers of Temple University (Fox School of Business) and Tsinghua University (School of Economics and Management), with an editorial board featuring some of the most distinguished risk and insurance scholars from around the world. To read the first issue of Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance please visit: http://www.bepress.com/apjri/ About The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association The Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) was founded in 1997 in Singapore as a learned society for academics, executives, researchers, and government leaders with an interest in risk management, insurance, actuarial science, and related areas. Its members are drawn from throughout the world - but particularly the Asia-Pacific region - to share ideas and engage in collaborative research. The Association hosts an annual conference with participants from China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Australia, as well as the U.S. and Europe. APRIA also collaborates closely with other academic societies around the world, including the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), and the Geneva Association. The Association has published the Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance since 2005. About Berkeley Electronic Press Founded by UC Berkeley professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press publishes peer-reviewed electronic journals and develops software for the next generation of scholarly publishing. The bepress journals collection, ResearchNow, redefines what scholarly journals can do today, with fast and high quality peer review at sustainable prices. The bepress open-access institutional repository platform, Digital Commons, is the world's leading hosted IR, featuring an innovative suite of publishing and software services that empower scholarly communities to showcase and share their works for maximum impact. For additional information on bepress, please see: www.bepress.com. Ariel Levine New Journals http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/36 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/36 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:38:54 PST The Policy Studies Organization (PSO) and Berkeley Electronic Press are pleased to announce the launch of World Medical & Health Policy, a new journal at the intersection of politics, policy, medicine, and public health. In 2008, PSO, together with the World Medical Association, conducted a survey in Africa, Asia, and the Balkan regions which revealed a pressing need for a scholarly publication that presents policy on medical and health issues around the world. "Our journal will provide communities with the information they need," Paul Rich, president of PSO, said. "Six countries are already participating in a pilot program in World Medical & Health Policy that aims to increase the exchange of scientific and medical information." World Medical & Health Policy released its first issue on November 10th. This issue features articles on the H1N1 influenza, health system reconstruction in Iraq, tobacco control, Japanese physicians, and several issues of social responsibility. Treating medicine as a cross-cutting function, World Medical & Health Policy offers global interdisciplinary research and analysis which it then translates into policies and practice standards. "Launching at a time of a great debate in U.S. over the health care reform and the first influenza pandemic of the 21st Century, World Medical & Health Policy couldn't have come at a better time to foster academic discourse around world health," said Gordon Tibbitts, CEO of bepress. To read the first issue of World Medical & Health Policy please visit: http://www.psocommons.org/wmhp/ About the Policy Studies Organization The Policy Studies Organization is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization with the purpose to further research and dissemination of scholarship in policy. We are a related society of the American, Midwest, Southern and International Political Sciences Associations, as well as of the International Studies Association. PSO includes more than 3600 universities and institutions in its membership as well as individuals in more than 93 countries. From its headquarters in an historic house near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., once the home of the families of President James Garfield and the labor leader Samuel Gompers, the society organizes conferences, seminars, the publication of journals and books, and an increasing Internet presence. For more information, visit www.ipsonet.org About Berkeley Electronic Press Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press publishes peer-reviewed electronic journals and develops software for the next generation of scholarly publishing. The bepress journals collection, ResearchNow, redefines what scholarly journals can do today, with fast and high quality peer review at sustainable prices. The bepress open-access institutional repository platform, Digital Commons, is the world's leading hosted IR, featuring an innovative suite of publishing and software services that empowers scholarly communities to showcase and share their works for maximum impact. For additional information on bepress, please see: www.bepress.com Ariel Levine News, Events, and Announcements Announcing a New Peer-reviewed Journal on World Medical Policy http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/35 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/35 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:56 PST Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the addition of 14 titles to its journal list. These journals contribute high-caliber research to our subject collections in the fields of Economics and Business; Education; Health and Medicine; Law, Political Science and Policy; Science and Technology; and now, for the first time, Statistics. "We are delighted to welcome so many exceptional titles to our collections," said Barbara Kaplan, Vice President of Business Development, "expanding our society relationships and journal program allows us to provide far more content to the academic community." Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance for the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association California Journal of Politics and Policy Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis for the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis and the University of Washington Journal of College and Character for NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Journal des Economistes et des Ètudes Humaines with the Institut Européen des Ètudes Humaines, an affiliate of the Institute for Economics Studies - Europe Journal of Globalization and Development with the Initiative for Policy Dialogue Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, previously the NASPA Journal, for NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Journal of Time Series Econometrics Law & Development Review NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education for NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Review of Network Economics previously published by Concept Economics Statistical Communications in Infectious Diseases Statistics, Politics and Policy World Medical & Health Policy for the Policy Studies Organization For pricing and additional information, please email sales@bepress.com. To stay up to date with this and other bepress journals news, sign up for news alerts at works.bepress.com/bepress_journals. About Berkeley Electronic Press Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press publishes peer-reviewed electronic journals and develops software for the next generation of scholarly publishing. The bepress journals collection, ResearchNow, redefines what scholarly journals can do today, with fast and high quality peer review at sustainable prices. The bepress open-access institutional repository platform, Digital Commons, is the world's leading hosted IR, featuring an innovative suite of publishing and software services that empowers scholarly communities to showcase and share their work for maximum impact. For additional information on bepress, please see: www.bepress.com. Ariel Levine New Journals http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/34 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/34 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:29:34 PST Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the publication of a cross-cutting new article in Journal of Drug Policy Analysis, a Journal of Substance Abuse Control Policy, analyzing the implications of legalizing Afghanistan's opium trade. "Is Medicinal Opium Production Afghanistan's Answer?: Lessons from India and the World Market," by Victoria A. Greenfield, Letizia Paoli, and Peter H. Reuter, argues that legal medicinal opium production is an improbable answer to the problems that underlie and arise from Afghanistan's dominance of the world heroin market. Examining both India's experience as the world's sole licensed exporter of raw opium and the world market for legal opiates, Greenfield, Paoli and Reuter argue that "Poppy for Medicine" cannot be expected to greatly reduce illegal production or corruption in Afghanistan, or do much to lift the nation out of poverty. The authors find that illegal production will continue; diversion from the legal market to the illegal market is inevitable; diversion will involve further corruption; there may not be a market; and Afghanistan lacks the institutional capacity to support a legal pharmaceutical industry. To read the full text of the article at no cost, please visit: http://www.bepress.com/jdpa/vol2/iss1/art3 About Journal of Drug Policy Analysis: A Journal of Substance Abuse Control Policy Journal of Drug Policy Analysis focuses on practical, policy-analytic insights on the problems and policies of drug abuse control. Short peer-reviewed articles and essays analyze every aspect of the policy problems posed by abusable psychoactives, licit and illicit, anywhere in the world. Using data-driven and conceptual approaches, as well as the methods of the social and biological sciences, the humanities, medicine, public health, law, law enforcement, and public management, the journal emphasizes informed policy analysis: the stakes in a given policy choice, and the terms of the tradeoffs among the values and interests in play. Edited by prominent scholars at RAND and UCLA, Journal of Drug Policy Analysis drives the public and scholarly conversation about how to deal with the issues surrounding drug policy, a conversation of vital interest to drug policy researchers, criminologists, economists, physicians, and those who make decisions about drug policy. About Berkeley Electronic Press Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press publishes peer-reviewed electronic journals and develops software for the next generation of scholarly publishing. The bepress journals collection, ResearchNow, redefines what scholarly journals can do today, with fast and high quality peer review at sustainable prices. The bepress open-access institutional repository platform, Digital Commons, is the world's leading hosted IR, featuring an innovative suite of publishing and software services that empowers scholarly communities to showcase and share their works for maximum impact. For additional information on bepress, please see: www.bepress.com Ariel Levine News, Events, and Announcements Is Medical Opium Production Afghanistan's Answer? http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/32 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/32 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:06:39 PDT The Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the launch of three new peer-reviewed journals this spring: The Law and Development Review www.bepress.com/ldr California Journal of Politics and Policy www.bepress.com/cjpp Journal of Time Series Econometrics www.bepress.com/jtse These new journals are part of bepress's upgrade package to the 2009 ResearchNow collection. Existing ResearchNow customers have the option to add these journals one-by-one, or they may opt into the entire upgrade of all new journals at a reduced rate. To read more about our new opt-in model for ResearchNow, please visit http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/27. The Law and Development Review www.bepress.com/ldr Editors Yong-Shik Lee (Y.S. Lee), University of Sydney Law School Bhupinder Chimni, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Law and Development Review is the first international journal devoted to the impact of the law and legal institutions on economic and social development. Law and development is a major area of concern for developing countries, and for the economic future and security of developed countries. The journal brings perspectives from both the developing and the developed world to examine the ways that legal orders, domestic and international, help or hinder economic development, and how global agreements and negotiations in particular affect developing countries. With editors and an editorial board that represent leading scholars and professionals of unprecedented diversity, The Law and Development Review will be of interest to a wide range of academics, researchers and, policy makers, NGOs, and international bodies interested in the legal aspects of economic development. $325 for a one-year academic/non-profit subscription $975 for a one-year corporate subscription California Journal of Politics and Policy www.bepress.com/cjpp Editors James Q. Wilson, Pepperdine University Jack Citrin, University of California, Berkeley Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Washington Center Jerry Lubenow, University of California, Berkeley A bellwether and testing ground for emerging trends in policy and political developments, California's politics reverberate around the world. California Journal of Politics and Policy is the only journal devoted to this unique state, publishing peer-reviewed research and commentary on state and local government, electoral politics, and policy formation and implementation, in California and in relation to national and international developments. Edited by leading experts James Q. Wilson (Pepperdine University), Jack Citrin (University of California, Berkeley), and Bruce E. Cain (University of California Washington Center), California Journal of Politics and Policy will appeal to scholars, practitioners, journalists, policymakers, officeholders, and anyone needing to understand the newest directions in state politics and policy. $275 for a one-year academic/non-profit subscription $825 for a one-year corporate subscription Journal of Time Series Econometrics www.bepress.com/jtse Editor Javier Hidalgo, London School of Economics Journal of Time Series Econometrics publishes important new econometrics research in theoretical and applied classical and Bayesian time series, spatial, and panel data. Time series analysis is the key method to analyze economic data over time, such as financial markets, GDP and productivity, and trends in credit, and Journal of Time Series Econometrics is the first journal devoted to this topic. Papers deal with estimation, testing and other methodological aspects that are involved when applying time series and spatial analytic techniques to economic, financial and related data. Edited by Javier Hidalgo (London School of Economics), the journal brings together a unique interdisciplinary community of economists and statisticians who seek to advance research in time-series economic and financial data. The journal is of particular interest to macroeconomists, applied statisticians, financial analysts, and anyone working with complex data recorded in time. $400 for a one-year academic/non-profit subscription $1,200 for a one-year corporate subscription You may order any of these journals at http://www.bepress.com/journals/subscriptions.html, or you may opt in to the entire upgrade package to receive this year's new bepress journals at a reduced rate. For more information and pricing, please email sales@bepress Irene Perciali New Journals http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/31 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/31 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:05:25 PDT The Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, published on behalf of the Policy Studies Organization. Poverty & Public Policy http://www.bepress.com/pso_poverty Poverty & Public Policy is offered separately from the ResearchNow 2009 collection, and is part of a special package of three new PSO journals that are available exclusively from bepress: Poverty & Public Policy - www.bepress.com/pso_poverty Policy and Internet - www.bepress.com/pso_internet Crisis & Risk in Public Policy - www.bepress.com/pso_risk The journals launch in the spring and summer of 2009, and will be priced at $300 each. For a limited time, you can add all three at a special advance price of $600 for the first year. More about Poverty & Public Policy www.bepress.com/pso_poverty Poverty remains an unsolved global policy concern; Poverty & Public Policy begins with the assumption that progress is possible, and that public policy has a key role to play. The journal publishes the best and most relevant policy research on poverty, income distribution, and welfare programs, globally and across the spectrum of disciplines, academic perspectives, and approaches. Papers analyze what works, and what does not, on topics such as demographics, economic crises, legal and financial infrastructures, food policy, and social security, as well as theoretical questions of ethics and justice. Thanks to its internationally recognized editors, Poverty & Public Policy reaches out globally to integrate important studies from the developing world into the scholarly literature, including case studies by aid workers and officials who confront the day-to-day reality of global poverty. Editor Max J. Skidmore, University of Missouri at Kansas City $300 for a one-year academic/non-profit subscription $900 for a one-year corporate subscription You may order Poverty & Public Policy directly by visiting http://www.bepress.com/journals/subscriptions.html, or you may take advantage of the special advance rate to order the collection of all three new PSO journals. For more information, email sales@bepress.com. To stay up to date with this and other bepress journals news, sign up for news alerts at works.bepress.com/bepress_journals. For more information about bepress journals, visit www.bepress.com/journals. Irene Perciali New Journals http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/30 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/30 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:47:03 PST Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) is pleased to announce that it will partner with the Policy Studies Organization (PSO) to publish a new collection of PSO journals, and to provide additional online society services. The new collection of peer-reviewed journals includes: Policy and Internet - www.bepress.com/pso_internet Poverty & Public Policy - www.bepress.com/pso_poverty Crisis & Risk in Public Policy - www.bepress.com/pso_risk These journals build on the success of established PSO titles, such as Policy Studies Journal, and represent the next step for PSO's journals publishing program. Paul Rich, President of the Policy Studies Organization, said, "PSO chose bepress because we need dynamic 21st century publishing for our titles, and bepress knows where the internet is taking scholarship. Sustainable pricing and fair access, personal attention, a strong service orientation, and cutting edge thinking were all big pluses for us, as are their innovations for integrating journals in a larger continuum of publishing services. Our members couldn't be happier." The new PSO journals with bepress are part of a broader initiative by the PSO and bepress to create an online showcase for the PSO and its member community. "bepress is pleased to add the new PSO journals to our society publishing program," said Gordon Tibbitts, CEO of bepress. "We have a decade's worth of innovative scholarly communication tools and services that benefit societies and their members, and look forward to the opportunity to enhance scholarly work in policy studies." The three new journals will launch with their first articles in the Spring of 2009. For pricing and ordering information, please email sales@bepress.com. To stay up to date with this and other bepress journals news, sign up for news alerts at works.bepress.com/bepress_journals. For more information about bepress journals, visit www.bepress.com/journals. About the PSO The Policy Studies Organization is a non governmental, non profit organization with the purpose to further research and dissemination of scholarship in policy. We are a related society of the American, Midwest, Southern and International Political Sciences Associations, as well as of the International Studies Association. PSO includes more than 3600 universities and institutions in its membership as well as individuals in more than 93 countries. From its headquarters in an historic house near Dupont Circle in Washington, once the home of the families of President James Garfield and the labor leader Samuel Gompers, the society organizes conferences, seminars, the publication of journals and books, and an increasing Internet presence. For more information, visit www.ipsonet.org About bepress Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press is both a publisher of peer-reviewed electronic journals and a software developer, having created Digital Commons, the world's leading hosted institutional repository that powers the University of California's eScholarship Repository, and those of over ninety other universities, societies, and organizations. The company produces tools to improve scholarly communication via innovative and effective means of content production and dissemination. bepress has a portfolio of products and services that reduce the costs of and barriers to access. For more information, visit www.bepress.com Irene Perciali News, Events, and Announcements http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/29 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/29 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:16:35 PDT The Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal on substance abuse control, policy, and health, Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. This is the 42nd bepress journal, and completes the ResearchNow 2009 collection that includes all 42 journals. http://www.bepress.com/jdpa Journal of Drug Policy Analysis focuses on practical, policy-analytic insights on the problems and policies of drug abuse control. Short peer-reviewed articles and essays analyze every aspect of the policy problems posed by abusable psychoactives, licit and illicit, anywhere in the world. Using data-driven and conceptual approaches, as well as the methods of the social and biological sciences, the humanities, medicine, public health, law, law enforcement, and public management, the journal emphasizes informed policy analysis: the stakes in a given policy choice, and the terms of the tradeoffs among the values and interests in play. Edited by prominent scholars at RAND and UCLA, Journal of Drug Policy Analysis drives the public and scholarly conversation about how to deal with the issues surrounding drug policy, a conversation of vital interest to drug policy researchers, criminologists, economists, physicians, and those who make decisions about drug policy. Editors Mark Kleiman (UCLA School of Public Affairs) Beau Kilmer (RAND) $325 for a one-year academic/non-profit subscription $975 for a one-year corporate subscription To order, visit http://www.bepress.com/journals/subscriptions.html. Irene Perciali New Journals http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/28 http://works.bepress.com/bepress_journals/28 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:22:40 PDT Berkeley, CA, September 30, 2008 - Society and peer-reviewed publisher and software developer, The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress), announced today the appointment of Maria Lopes as Director of Library Sales. She will report to Barbara Kaplan, bepress's Vice President of Business Development, and will be based on the East Coast. Maria comes to bepress with ten years of international sales experience. Most recently at Wiley-Blackwell, Maria was responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing in Latin America, including consortia and agent agreements. Previously, as Academic Sector Business Manager at Emerald Publishing, Maria successfully managed sales across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Southern Europe. Barbara Kaplan said, "Maria's extensive domestic and international relationships will give bepress a 'jump start' in these markets, which have already shown great interest in bepress journals and the library-friendly bepress model." Maria's appointment reflects the growth and depth of bepress's sales effort internationally, and continues bepress's commitment to bring high-quality journals at sustainable prices to libraries around the world. Maria is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and French, and received her business degree at the University of Algarve in Portugal. About The Berkeley Electronic Press Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press is both a publisher of peer-reviewed electronic journals and a software developer, having created Digital Commons, the world's leading hosted institutional repository that powers the University of California's eScholarship Repository, and those of over fifty other universities, societies, and organizations. The company produces tools to improve scholarly communication via innovative and effective means of content production and dissemination. Bepress has a portfolio of products and services that reduce the costs of and barriers to access. For additional information on bepress, please see www.bepress.com. Irene Perciali News, Events, and Announcements